I made this beer cheese dip with bacon for Super Bowl Sunday this month, and it was a fantastic addition to our spread. If you are having any March Madness gatherings, it would be perfect for that as well!

It is also EXTREMELY easy and fast to make.

I came up with this beer cheese dip recipe while I was brainstorming for ways to use up a BUNCH of extra bacon we’d cooked up. I know, “extra bacon” doesn’t really compute, especially in a house with 9 people (7 of them male!), but occasionally it does happen.

Using bacon grease as a roux base is a fabulous way to impart more of that bacon flavor through the whole dish. I really love saving my bacon grease in the fridge to use for things like this.

How to make beer cheese dip

First, cook up some bacon, and reserve some of the grease.

That’s what you are going to use to make your roux.

Make sure to incorporate a great beer into this. Use your favorite local variety.

5 minutes later, and you have this.

These bread bowls are amazing, and I want alllll of the sourdough, at all times.